Posted on 09/13/2013 9:17:20 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Tea Party darling Sen. Ted Cruz, (R-TX) during a speech at the Heritage Foundation on Wednesday solidified his base with praise and adoration for the late Sen. Jesse Helms, (R-NC). The speech was delivered during a series of lectures on foreign policy in which the legacy of Jesse Helms is the central focus. During the speech, Cruz told a story about John Wayne giving a $5 thousand donation to Helms and telling him to, "keep saying those crazy things." Cruz admitted that he has received that same encouragement and likened himself to Helms in that regard.
Cruz went on to say:
“ “The willingness to say all those crazy things is a rare, rare characteristic, and you know what? It’s every bit as true now as it was then,” Cruz said. “We need 100 more like Jesse Helms in the U.S. Senate.””Cruz made mention of the fact that the first political donation he ever made in his life was a $10 donation he made to Jesse Helms when he (Cruz) was 10 years old. That donation would have been made at a time when Helms was one of the most racist and segregationist politicians ever to walk the halls of Congress. Using this similarity in ideology as a backdrop, Cruz got into the meat of his speech and began to criticize Obama's foreign policy.
“ We should focus directly on protecting U.S. national security in the interest of the American people, we should speak with moral clarity, and we should always fight to win.”Cruz has become a likely candidate for the Republican Party's nomination for president following the demise of Marco Rubio.
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“Cruz has become a likely candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for president following the demise of Marco Rubio”
What is wrong with Rubio?
He isn’t THAT dumb, he should have realized the outcome of his actions befor the fact.
His plan all along was to switch to Dem before the pres primaries.
Evil M’fer...
I wonder about the ones who flip like that.
Were they somehow influenced or threatened, or were they lying in their campaigns?
We will probably never know. But that “campaign right, get elected, lurch left” is a
really common problem for Republicans and Conservatives.
My rug did grumble at me.
FReepmail answered.
Michael Steele is one the biggest disappointments in my lifetime!!!
You two need to get a room!!!!LOL
I have a room, the walls are padded and white.
Typing with my toes is hard.
We took it to FReepmail. That’s not enough? [giggles]
Seriesly, sorry for the thread hijack. I did make some comments about Cruz and RINOs.
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